The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has called for Tyson Fury, Britain’s WBO and WBA world heavyweight champion, to be barred from boxing after he made comments of a racist nature in a video posted on YouTube.

The organisation also believes those sponsoring Fury, who is due to defend his titles on July 9 against Wladimir Klitschko, should withdraw their support. The 57-minute recording referred to “Zionist, Jewish people…[who] own all the banks, all the papers, all the TV stations”.

Fury, who also made personal attacks on Klitschko in the video and voiced extreme views on bestiality, paedophilia and women, posted further tweets on Friday evening, airing his views on Jewish people.

“This is not his first offence. He specialises in outrageous, offensive and racist slurs,”…

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